Pick a song. Free write to a particular song several different times in a row, and soon enough, it’ll trigger a muscle memory of, “oh, when I hear this, I write” that can be helpful to you to urge yourself to create when things are going haywire or other times it’s tempting to skip it. (My song is “Precious” by Depeche Mode.)
Set up a time. If you get i…
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